Jake Calabrese – Agile For Allhttp://agileforall.com
Agile and Scrum consulting firm dedicated to Making Agile a RealityMon, 17 Dec 2018 15:44:48 +0000en-UShourly185668473Myth 3: Leaders & Managers will figure out what their agile role is magicallyhttp://agileforall.com/agile-leadership-myth-3-leaders-managers-will-figure-out-what-their-agile-role-is-magically/
http://agileforall.com/agile-leadership-myth-3-leaders-managers-will-figure-out-what-their-agile-role-is-magically/#commentsThu, 03 May 2018 13:01:23 +0000http://agileforall.com/?p=5734We have done a huge disservice to leaders and managers, as well as teams. There are plenty of people that will say we don’t need managers and leaders. People can lead themselves. While there is an aspect of this that may be true, there are a lot of steps to get close to that idea.

]]>http://agileforall.com/agile-leadership-myth-3-leaders-managers-will-figure-out-what-their-agile-role-is-magically/feed/25734Agile Leadership Myth #2: Self-Organizing Teams don’t need any help.http://agileforall.com/agile-leadership-myth-2-self-organizing-teams-dont-need-any-help/
http://agileforall.com/agile-leadership-myth-2-self-organizing-teams-dont-need-any-help/#commentsTue, 27 Feb 2018 14:09:07 +0000http://agileforall.com/?p=5428How did we arrive at this place where so many people believe that self-organizing teams do not need help? The fact is, self-organizing teams DO need help.

What teams can experience: Teams might not know exactly what kind of help they need or even how to describe it. This can be especially true if they

]]>http://agileforall.com/agile-leadership-myth-2-self-organizing-teams-dont-need-any-help/feed/25428Agile Leadership Myth #1: Telling people “You Are Empowered” Actually Workshttp://agileforall.com/agile-leadership-myth-1-telling-people-empowered-actually-works/
http://agileforall.com/agile-leadership-myth-1-telling-people-empowered-actually-works/#commentsWed, 28 Jun 2017 15:33:50 +0000http://agileforall.com/?p=5478A major challenge we run into when helping organizations shift or improve is leadership misconceptions. Agile leadership myths cause a lot of these misconceptions. We need to help avoid falling into the trap of these common myths because they limit our success. A root cause of many of the myths is that people simply don’t

]]>http://agileforall.com/agile-leadership-myth-1-telling-people-empowered-actually-works/feed/25478Limit Engagement, Limit Success – Scientific Management Problemshttp://agileforall.com/limit-engagement-limit-success-scientific-management-problems/
http://agileforall.com/limit-engagement-limit-success-scientific-management-problems/#commentsWed, 31 May 2017 00:23:27 +0000http://agileforall.com/?p=5445We require environments where people can provide input and ideas. If we limit engagement, we limit success. We still have organizations who either believe or act like they believe some types of workers are “stupid.” This idea dates back to the ideas surrounding Scientific Management, Fredrick Taylor, and Henry Ford. The concept of the stupid or

]]>http://agileforall.com/limit-engagement-limit-success-scientific-management-problems/feed/35445Proposing Open Space Technology Sessionshttp://agileforall.com/proposing-open-space-technology-sessions/
http://agileforall.com/proposing-open-space-technology-sessions/#commentsMon, 06 Mar 2017 20:58:54 +0000http://agileforall.com/?p=5237When I am at conferences or events being run using Open Space Technology (learn more about attendee driven conferences), people often ask me “should I propose a open space session?” As we get into the discussion I tend to ask the same core questions:

]]>http://agileforall.com/proposing-open-space-technology-sessions/feed/25237Open Space Conferences – Attendee Created Conferences!http://agileforall.com/open-space-conferences-attendee-created-conferences/
http://agileforall.com/open-space-conferences-attendee-created-conferences/#commentsFri, 03 Mar 2017 07:11:50 +0000http://agileforall.com/?p=5228Open Space is one of my favorite types of conferences. I was under the impression that most people in the agile, coaching, and leadership communities knew what Open Space was. I was wrong. Many have never experienced it.

]]>http://agileforall.com/agile-guru-telling-is-not-leading-or-coaching-agilesafari/feed/14374Agile Beyond Software Resourceshttp://agileforall.com/agile-beyond-software-resources/
http://agileforall.com/agile-beyond-software-resources/#respondThu, 28 Jul 2016 16:52:58 +0000http://agileforall.com/?p=4962Thanks to everyone who attended my session “How to be Agile in Non-IT Organizations – Breaking the Software Constraint” at Agile2016 in Atlanta. I’ve included the deck below as well as some other items.

Please add any comments or questions here. If there is information you are looking for let me know.

]]>http://agileforall.com/agile-beyond-software-resources/feed/04962Building Antifragile Relationships and Teamshttp://agileforall.com/building-antifragile-relationships-and-teams/
http://agileforall.com/building-antifragile-relationships-and-teams/#commentsSun, 13 Mar 2016 02:00:54 +0000http://agileforall.com/?p=4859I’ve presented a number of sessions on building antifragile relationships and teams. This post is a summary of the information from the sessions for anyone who attended (or anyone who is interested) as well links to related articles.